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Period: 79 to 81
The Iran Hostage Crisis
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Students Take 66 Embassy Employees as Hostages
A group of pro-Ayatollah students smashed the gates and scaled the walls of the American embassy in Tehran -
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The Iran Hostage Crisis
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13 hostages are released
The 13 hostages that were released were all women or African-american -
Operation Eagle Claw is Launched
President Carter launches a rescue mission for the hostages named Operation Eagle Claw -
Operation Eagle Claw Fails
Due to a severe dust storm, a helicopter malfunctions, crashing into another one, taking the lives of eight servicemen -
Fourteenth Hostage Released
A fourteenth hostage is released do to medical issues -
Ronald Reagan is Elected
President Carter loses to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election, due to the Iran Hostage Crisis -
Iran Hostage Crisis Ends
The 53 hostages still in captivity were released a few hours after Reagan's inaugural address.
